"Lord! I'm tired all the way, why don't Lu Chengting's troops rest?" Liu Bei suggested.

"Bo Yu, how about Han Sheng?" Liu He asked.

"No." Xu Rong and Huang Zhong immediately went to the army to adjust.

This pavilion department refers to the local "tables", the Qin and Han dynasties system - the grassroots institutions below the county are townships, lis, pavilions; ten miles a pavilions and ten pavilions a town; not only are the grassroots public security units, but also have the responsibility to receive passing officials and provide accommodation to people traveling far away.

The "ting" has similarities and differences between the "post" where Liu He stayed before.

In terms of postal and reception of envoys, the two are the same, so there are also mail booths. The difference is that the pavilion has public security responsibilities, and it not only receives envoys, but also provides accommodation for the people. At the same time, in terms of scale, the pavilion is not as big as the post station.

Zhuo County is a big county and the county seat. Lucheng Pavilion is also a large pavilion with many household registrations in the county, and the storefront of the pavilion house is very grand.

When he got closer, Liu He saw more clearly that the pavilion occupied a wide area, with a foundation higher than the ground, and a stone slab staircase connected to the official road.

Liu Bei led the way. An old man sat in the school beside the door. Seeing him coming up, he walked out of the house and asked kindly: "Xuande is back!"

"Yes, Mr. Geng."

The old man stood up straight, saw Liu Bei coming over, saw his outfit clearly, and asked, "Hey! Xuande! Didn't you go to sell shoes today? Why did you wear the clothes you wore during the Chinese New Year? Your mother is afraid she will scold you."

"Mr. Geng! It's okay. My mother and I have already told us that our family is coming to a noble family today, so I took it out." Liu Bei cleaned his clothes again: "I can't use this ring-headed knife."

At this time, Liu He went up and said, "Brother-in-law!"

"What is this?" the old man looked at Liu Bei.

"He is my nobleman - another Sima from the capital." Liu Bei introduced.

"Oh, please forgive me for being a villain." The old soldier was frightened and raised his robe and was about to kneel down.

Liu He stopped him and said with a smile: "No need to do this! We just have to take a break in the middle and go to the county later."

"I am the father of this pavilion." The old man took out a wooden sign: "My name is Geng Qiu."

Tingfu is one of the deputy heads of the pavilion. Although Tingfu is the most basic unit, it is in charge of a radius of ten miles, so there are also subordinates under the pavilion leader. The left and right hands are called: seeking thieves, Tingfu, Tingfu, Tingfu. Tingfu, "catching thieves and patrolling"; Tingfu, "opening and closing the palms and sweeping the guests"; Tingfu, Tingfu, "sweeping and welcoming guests"; Tingfu, Tingfu, Tingfu, followers.

Geng Qiu said respectfully and restrainedly: "Yesterday Xuande told me that he was joking. I didn't expect that the noble man would really come today, so I couldn't go to the pavilion world to greet him. Please forgive me. Others are still in the house. The noble man, please wait for a while and I will call them out."

"No need. Xuande and I just go in."

Up the steps, Liu He glanced at the school next to the door. The furnishings in the house were simple, just one bed and one by one. After entering the courtyard, he found that the pavilion house had two fronts and backs. The courtyard in front was smaller, with an open space in the middle, three houses on the right, one main hall, two bedrooms, and a small room next to it, a kitchen. A stable was built on the left, and a toilet was placed next to the stable.

At this time, Geng Qiu led the horse into the stable, and guided Xu Rong, Huang Zhong and others to arrange the troops. After he walked back to Liu He and introduced attentively, "This front yard is where we live, and the back yard is where the guests live."

Liu He looked into the backyard, then into the house on the right, and asked, "Where are the other people in the pavilion?"

"It should be in the backyard." Liu Bei said.

"Since that's the case, please lead the way and lead me to meet all the lords in the pavilion." Liu He told Geng Qiudao.

He responded, bent his waist, led the way sideways, and led Liu He and others to the backyard.

After entering the backyard, I found that it was indeed much larger than the front yard. More than a dozen houses were built around the large elm trees in the yard, based on the walls. However, it was probably a long time to build. The walls and wooden doors of the house were a little old, and the square bricks laid under the eaves outside the house were also bumpy. Among the single rooms on the south side, there were weeds on the roofs. But overall, they were still neat and clean.

"The houses in the north are left for officials to stay in. The ones in the south are prepared for the officials' entourage and servants. If the people stay in the north, they will also arrange this place."

The elm trees blocked the sun, and the sunlight casted from the gaps between the branches and leaves, forming spots of light on the ground. Just as a cool breeze blew, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground and flying and dancing.

"If water is needed, the well is in the north corner."

Although the sparrow is small, it is complete with all the internal organs. Although it looks a bit worn, Liu He was very satisfied and said, "It's very good..."

A cheer interrupted his words. He looked in the sound, and the sound came from a closed room on the south side.

Liu He and others moved over and looked inside the house.

There were four people in the room sitting around the ground, playing dice to bet on the size.

The cheers just now should have been made by the young man sitting against the wall. When Liu He looked over, he was getting up happily, holding the dice in one hand and taking the copper coins at the other hand.

Hearing Geng Qiu's words, he saw Liu He again. Liu Bei approached: "Xuande, are you bringing relatives and friends to fight for the big and small?"

Liu Bei frowned, as if he was hinting at something.

Liu He smiled because according to the law, gambling is illegal, especially in pavilions, who know the law and break the law. However, he is not an inspector, so what is he afraid of? Liu Bei is a person who is interested, must be afraid that he knows that he can gamble.

Liu Bei followed him, pointed to the man who bowed first, and said, "He is Liu Xiu and Liu Deran, the pavilion of Benting, my cousin..." He also pointed to a strong pavilion who was watching the battle on the side, and said, "He is Cheng Ying, and he is also Benting pavilion."

Liu Xiu was tall and strong, with a dark complexion, and looked in his twenties. When he jumped up just now, his movements were very agile and light.

Cheng Ying is about thirty years old and is honest.

"Brother! This is Liu Shunzhi I mentioned a few days ago." Liu Bei said to Liu Xiu.

"Greetings to the lord." Liu Xiu bowed after hearing this.

"Uh..." Liu He looked at Liu Bei: "This is Xuande?"

"Lord! Take a risk. He is a martial brother and is always determined to serve the battlefield. I told him some of the things that the lord said to me in the letter." Liu Bei explained.

"Then Brother Deran, what are your abilities?" Liu He looked at it.

"I'm strong! Lord, I'm strong." Liu Xiu said as he walked to the yard and raised the stone lock, which was estimated to be about 200 pounds, with one hand.

Liu He smiled: This guy is so honest and cute.

"Deran, then you should be my personal guard." Liu He said.

"No." Liu Xiu smiled.

As for the other two, Liu Xiu explained.

After listening to the conversation between Liu Bei and others, the two of them had a lot of experience in business and concluded that Liu He was either rich or noble, so they wanted to make friends.

"The noble man is polite! I'm Zhang Shiping." One of the bearded soldiers bowed.

"In Xia Su Shuang. Brother Zhang and I are both from Zhongshan, and we are doing business in the north." Su Shuang said.

Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, and Liu He suddenly felt that why was it so familiar? [Note 1]

Oh! Could it be them?

"The business in the north? The merchants are Lier. The north is barren, only horses, cattle and sheep goods. If you want to get it, you should find something from other families. What should he need? Salt and iron are the first, followed by silk tea. If you change horses, you can get countless!" Liu He looked at them and said.

"Oh! The nobles also know the way of merchants' exchanges and sales?" Zhang Shiping said.

"Bo Yu, Han Sheng will take it down." Liu He suddenly ordered.

"Uh..." Xu Rong and Huang Zhong were shocked.

I saw Liu Bei, and Liu Xiu immediately took action to subdue him.

"Salt and iron are indeed what foreign tribes need the most, but this thing must not flow into the foreign tribes. Once they get this thing, it will definitely cause disaster. Salt can last for a long time. Iron is the foundation of casting weapons. Foreign tribes have been hiding and are not in line with the breeze of breeze. That is because the weapons are not sharp. If the weapons are sharp, they will definitely move with the opportunity. At that time, the frontier will probably be in full swing and the people will live in poverty!" Liu He said slowly.

"The noble man is wronged! We are both Han people. What's more, salt and iron are controlled by the imperial court. We are just selling some silk and tea." Zhang Shiping begged for mercy.

"Take it seriously?" Liu He signaled to Liu Xiu: "Search! Search for goods."

In a moment, one thousand kilograms of iron, fifty kilograms of tea, one hundred pieces of silk cloth, and thirty kilograms of salt in Bashu were found.

"The evidence is conclusive now, what else do you have to say?" Liu He said.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, in order to attack the Huns, Emperor Wu of Han accepted Sang Hongyang's suggestion and implemented a national monopoly system of salt, iron and wine. Later, Emperor Zhao of Han abolished the wine system and partially abolished the monopoly of salt and iron after the Salt and Iron Conference, but he still prohibited the influx of iron tools into them.

[Note 1] The first chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms":

The warriors in the village gathered in the village and got more than 300 people, so they drank drunk in the peach garden. They packed up military weapons in the future, but they hated that there were no horses to ride. While they were thinking, they reported that there were two guests, who led a partner to drive a group of horses and threw them into the village.

Xuande said, "This is God bless me!"
Chapter completed!